Subject: The Democratic mis step

 


What is the prognosis of the Trump win.
The defeat of the Democrats and what they purport to stand for  is so deep that amongst other things, the proposed dismantling of the equivalent of our civil service to ensure the governmental structures which in the past ran the operation of political will, will largely disappear and, in its place they will have a democratically elected ‘dictator’ who will have little or no opposition. He doesn’t yet have the power to seek a third term, but having secured the acquiescence of the Supreme Court by choosing the judges he could possibly rewrite, or at least modify the  ‘Constitution’ for him to stand in line with the Russian and Chinese presidents who extended their time at the helm.
The result appears to point to the fact that the Democrats have lost much of their connection with the citizenry although the sight of tearful democratic supporters, (mostly women who see a further eradication of their right to abort their pregnancy as overt misogyny), but also the dehumanising process towards foreigners and immigration generally, the over representation of business interests and the immersion in woke LGBT affairs, the sight of walk on celebrity in the form of mega rich Stars’ to support Harris on stage is another example of disconnect between them and the people, the media stars, the sporting stars, the millionaire class, have shifted the Democrats traditional focus from the man and women in the street. This apparently incipient attitude towards the poor as individuals, other than as political totems, drove many blue collar workers into the Trump camp wooed by his wild rhetoric.
In the not to distant past the Republican Party represented wealth and Business interests whilst the Democrats sought a better deal for the poor. The result of the election seems to have swung public opinion the other way because they have not kept up with the economic system. Despite a dismembered voting chamber in Congress which locked so much of the Democratic political process out from getting bills onto the statute book, this seizure of the political system benefitted the status quo and the logjam needed breaking. Trump 'as deal maker' will have a free hand to override any opposition and one can expect the wheels to turn again even if in the wrong direction. If there is no economic miracle and the bulk of the population see no progress at least the shrieking banality of the Trump mob will then be called out. If Trump can get the American economy moving and start to reinvest in the industries taken over by the Democratic dream of a global platform to make and sell goods and services, having recognised the Chinese play to a different tune, then the American dream might be reignited.
There will be losers, (we amongst them) but after two World Wars, which wiped out much of Europe wealth. Europe pulled together and created a unique system of collaboration and a unity of values, many of them humanitarian which contrast favourably to the Trump mould.  Flaws and all I would rather be part of Europe than America  therefore I feel we should seek closer alliance with Europe than America.